Long before any contact, ancient Peruvian and Chinese civilizations shared remarkable similarities. Both the Inca ...

On an island in Lake Titicaca that was sacred to the ancient Tiwanaku culture ... frontiers of the lost empire, they are piecing together dramatic evidence of the wars Inca kings fought and ...

The exhibition can serve as a window into China's cultural heritage for the people of Cuzco, and can deepen exchanges and ...

During the last days of the Inca Empire, a relaxation of restrictions ... Columbian Andean societies is revealed in their material culture: statues and figurines; votive offerings that depict ...

All gold belonged to the ruler of the empire, the Inca himself, who claimed to be descended from the sun god. Llamas were the Incas' most important domestic animal, providing food, clothing and ...

"The riches that were gathered in the city of Cuzco alone, as capital and court of the Empire, were incredible," says an early account of Inca culture written 300 years ago by Jesuit priest Father ...

Mohenir Julinho Zapata Rodríguez, director of the Inca Museum ... into a journey through civilization, bringing to life the rich and dynamic world of ancient Shu culture for visitors from ...

But among the holiest places in the empire were mountain peaks, which the Inca and other peoples in the Andes often regarded as representing the origin points of societies, and the resting places ...